England’s solely warm-up match in preparation for the ladies’s Ashes was deserted due to rain in Sydney.
After a number of rain delays, the match was decreased to 35 overs a facet earlier than the climate ended the Australian Governor Common XI’s innings on 183-8 from 28.2 overs.
England have been then set a revised goal of 188 in 28 overs, however play didn’t resume on the North Sydney Oval.
Nonetheless, captain Heather Knight mentioned on the toss that she was extra eager for her bowlers to get overs of their legs.
The seamers struggled for consistency as openers Alyssa Healy and Georgia Voll added 91 in 11.2 overs, with 21-year-old Voll impressing with 57 from 42 balls.
The pair and Georgia Wareham have been the one gamers within the XI who’re additionally in Australia’s Ashes squad, with leg-spinning all-rounder Wareham solely making three as England’s spinners fought again after the wayward begin.
Sophie Ecclestone eliminated each openers on her approach to figures of 3-27, and the center order wobbled to 147-6 earlier than a late flurry of boundaries from Rhys McKenna and Nicole Faltum helped begin a restoration till the rain resumed.
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, 2025-01-09 06:41:00
